Nicholas Wilton

I currently hold the role of Faculty Academic Director for External Engagement in the faculty of Business and Law and was previously Academic Director for the Department of Business and Management. I am a chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I am the author of a leading HRM textbook ('An Introduction to Human Resource Management', Sage Publications) and am currently working on a title on Human Resource Development. During my time at UWE, I have occupied a variety of roles, including research associate, senior lecturer and associate head of department, and have extensive teaching experience at both postgraduate and undergraduate level. I currently lead an undergraduate module in 'Human Resource Development and Knowledge Management'.

Area of expertise I am a member of the Centre for Employment Studies Research at UWE. My research interests lie primarily in the area of the graduate labour market, employability, skills, careers and career self-management and the relationship between higher education and the labour market. I have worked on a range of research projects in this area for a range of funding bodies including the Department for Education and Skills, European Social Fund and the Economic and Social Research Council, and have presented at conference across Europe and the US, published in a range of leading journals in the field of work sociology and higher education and reviews articles for a range of journals in the fields of HRM, higher education and workplace learning and development.

Publications

Jackson, D. and Wilton, N. (2017) Perceived employability among undergraduates and the importance of career self-management, work experience and individual characteristics. Higher Education Research and Development, 36 (4). pp. 747-762. ISSN 0729-4360 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/30547 ' Jackson, D. and Wilton, N. (2017) Career choice status among undergraduates and the influence of career management competencies and perceived employability. Journal of Education and Work, 30 (5). pp. 552-569. ISSN 1363-9080 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/30551 ' Jackson, D. and Wilton, N. (2016) Career management attitudes among business undergraduates. Australian Journal of Career Development, 25 (1). pp. 7-22. ISSN 1038-4162 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/28031 ' Jackson, D. and Wilton, N. (2016) Developing career management competencies among undergraduates and the role of work-integrated learning. Teaching in Higher Education, 21 (3). pp. 266-286. ISSN 1356-2517 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/28030 ' Wilton, N. (2014) Employability is in the Eye of the Beholder: Employer decision-making in the recruitment of work placement students. Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 4 (3). ISSN 2042-3896 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/23924 ' Wilton, N. (2013) An Introduction to Human Resource Management. 2nd. London: SAGE. ISBN 9781446255834 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/23923 ' Wilton, N. (2012) The impact of work placements on skills development and labour market outcomes for business and management graduates. Studies in Higher Education, 37 (5). pp. 603-620. ISSN 0307-5079 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/14497 ' Wilton, N. (2011) Do employability skills really matter in the graduate labour market? The case of business and management graduates. Work, Employment and Society, 25 (1). pp. 85-100. ISSN 0950-0170 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/14492 ' Wilton, N. (2011) The shifting sands of employability. CESR Review, 4. pp. 2-5. Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/14530 ' Wilton, N. (2010) An introduction to human resource management. First. London: Sage Publications. ISBN 9781848600294 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/14491 ' Wilton, N. and Pucell, K. (2010) The impact of partnership and family-building on the early careers of female graduates in the UK. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, 29 (3). pp. 271-288. ISSN 2040-7149 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/12496 ' Wilton, N. (2009) The impact of partnership and family-building on the careers of highly-qualified women: issues for effective management practice. In: Ninth International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organisations, Boston, MA. USA, July, 2009. Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/14528 ' Tailby, S., Pollert, A., Warren, S., Danford, A. and Wilton, N. (2009) Under-funded and overwhelmed: The voluntary sector as worker representation in Britain's individualised industrial relations system. Industrial Relations Journal, 42 (3). pp. 273-292. ISSN 0019-8692 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/12900 ' Wilton, N. (2009) The impact of family-building on the careers of female graduates: Some insights for effective management practice. CESR Review (2). Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/14531 ' Wilton, N. (2008) Higher education, the ‘knowledge economy’ and ‘knowledge workers’: does current education policy make sense? CESR Review (1). Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/14532 ' Wilton, N. (2008) Do employability skills really matter in the UK graduate labour market? The case of business and management graduates. In: Paris International Conference on Education, Economy & Society 2008, Paris, France, 7th- 10th June, 2008. Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/14526 ' Wilton, N. (2008) Business graduates and management jobs: An employability match made in heaven? Journal of education and work, 21 (2). pp. 143-158. ISSN 1363-9080 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/12466 ' Wilton, N. (2008) The path of least resistance? Choice and constraint in HRM strategy in the UK hotel sector. In: Tesone, D., ed. (2008) Handbook of Hospitality Human Resource Management. Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann, pp. 293-316. ISBN 9780080450810 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/12471 ' Wilton, N. (2007) Does a management degree do the business for women in the graduate labour market? Higher Education Quarterly, 61 (4). pp. 520-538. ISSN 14682273 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/6385 ' Purcell, K., Wilton, N. and Elias, P. (2007) Hard lessons for lifelong learners? Age and experience in the graduate labour market. Higher Education Quarterly, 61 (1). pp. 57-82. ISSN 0951-5224 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/14505 '